European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 7,1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 21 Welch a a rip botox by the associated press Boston a Bob Welch scattered five hits in eight innings for his major league leading 23rd Victory wednesday night As the Oakland athletics routed the Boston red sox 10-0 for a sweep of the three game series Between division leaders. Mark Mcgwire hit his 34th Homer in the win a two run shot and also had a two run double. Doug Jennings filling in for Jose Canseco also homered and All Roundup doubled As Oakland powered to its fourth straight Victory and sixth in seven games. With the win the athletics maintained their 6 /2-game Lead in the american league West As the Chicago White sox shut out Kansas City 3-0. Boston saw its Lead in the Al East shrink to 5 a i games As Toronto beat Detroit 7-3. Welch 23-5 struck out four and did no tissue a walk. Only two Boston runners reached second. Greg Harris 12-6 was tagged for 10 hits and six runs As the red sox dropped a season series at Home to Oakland 4-2 for the first time since 1973. Oakland gave Welch All the support he needed with a four run third inning. Rickey Henderson singled Jennings had a pop Fly double and Harold Baines drove in both with a single. Henderson a run was his 100th of the season the ninth time he has reached the Mark. Jennings playing right Field while Canseco rested a sore knee led off the fifth with his second see Al on Page 26 sports radio baseball a California at Baltimore 1 30 . Saturday. Bucs sweep mets by the associated press Pittsburgh a the Pittsburgh pirates continued their doubleheader dominance wednesday night sweeping the new York mets 1-0 on Zane Smiths career Best one hitter and 3-1 on Jeff Kings first two Homer game. The pirates who have swept All five of their doubleheaders this season took a 2 Xhu game Lead Over the mets in the East. The teams were scheduled to meet again thursday night in one of six head to head confrontations left in the regular season. Smith yielded a single to Keith Miller leading off the game and permitted Only one More baserunner the rest of the Way a a two out walk to Miller in the third. He retired the last 19 batters. The pirates won the opener in the Bottom of the ninth when Barry Bonds hit a bases loaded one out single off mets Relief Ace John Franco 4-1 for his 100th rib. King drove in All three Pittsburgh runs in the Nightcap with a Solo Homer in the first inning and a two run shot in the third off Bob Ojeda 7-6. Ojeda was making his first Start in More than a month. Neal Heaton 12-8making his first Start since aug. 20, went five innings and gave up Darryl Strawberry a 31st Homer in the fourth. It was the first run in 21 innings for the mets who lost 1-0 in St. Louis on tuesday. The pirates bullpen 0-6 in its last 12 outings followed with four scoreless innings from Bob Kipper and Ted Power As the pirates won their fifth in a Row. Smith acquired last month from Montreal in part to provide another Lethander against the mets struck out seven and was near perfect. A a that a probably the Best game in be Ever pitched a a said Smith who was 1-13 for Atlanta and Montreal last year but is 10-7 this season including a 4-0 Mark with Pittsburgh with a 1.42 Era. A a it a been a Long Road Back for me and i can to Tell you How much it Means to me to be pitching in a Pennant  Smith beat the mets twice this season while pitching for Montreal. His Era against the mets is 1.12. His previous Low hit game was a two hitter for Atlanta against los Angeles in 1986. The mets Hadnot lost consecutive 1-0 games since Chicago a Fergie Jenkins and Ray Burris out dulled Tom Seaver and Jon Matlack on april 17-18, 1973. In the Nightcap . Reynolds opened the pirates first with a single but Ojeda picked him off. With two out King hit see no on Page 26 no Roundup Barry Bonds hugs winning hurler Zane Smith after Pittsburgh a 1-0 Victory  to end Clemson a 29-0 run by Rick Warner a football writer forget about death and taxes. Over the last 35 years nothing has been More certain than Clemson beating Virginia m football. The tigers have played the Cavaliers 29 times since the Rah started m 1955, and they be won them All. That a Nunt a 29 and Zero. Its the longest winning Streak in a current division i series and May be the most one sided rivalry of any kind since Reagan  Ere could be a historic breakthrough saturday Nen the teams meet in Charlottesville. Clemson is ranked no. 9 and is coming rant1 demolition of Long Beach state the 14th-Ranicea Cavaliers appear to have their Best Chance in years to beat the tigers. Here a Why it a a is Nia May be even better than last year when a in a school record 10 games and tied for its first y championship. Cavaliers have won eight straight at Scott hot and have the Best Home record in the acc u j-2 since 1987.college football predictions 3. Virginia has won 16 of its last 19 games including last weeks 59-10 rout of Kansas. 4. Shawn Moore is one of the Best quarterbacks in the country. The versatile senior passed for three touchdowns and ran for another against Kansas. During his career he has passed and run for a league record 58 ads. 5. The Cavaliers Are due. They had three close Calls against Clemson in the 1980s, losing each time by three Points. The last time they played in Charlottesville Clemson scored a touchdown with 1 52 left to pull out a 10-7 Victory. 6. Although Virginia has never beaten Clemson Cavaliers coach George Welsh holds a 2-1 Edge Over tigers coach Ken Hatfield. The meetings took place from 1979-81 when Welsh coach Navy and Hatfield was the head Man at air Force. Clemson is favored by 2xh Points but this is Virginia a year. Virginia 21-20. Thursday Stanford plus 19 i at no. 6 Colorado the return of suspended running Back Eric Bienne my should boost the buffaloes who sputtered in their opening tie with Tennessee. Colorado 41, Stanford 14. Saturday no. 1 Miami minus 13vi at no. 16 Brigham Young Byus to Detmer gets some valuable Heisman exposure but Miami gets the Victory. Miami 42-24. Fullerton state no line at no. 3 Auburn Over the last five years Auburn has the fourth Best winning percentage in the country Auburn 52-10. East Carolina plus 29 at no. 3 Florida state Bobby Bowden needs five victories to reach the 200 Mark. Make that four Florida state 42-7. No. 8 Tennessee minus 13 at Mississippi state even without Chuck Webb the volunteers have too much Talent for the bulldogs. Tennessee 32-21. Northern Illinois no line at no. 10 Nebraska Stacey Robinson of Northern Illinois is a great option quarterback Nebraska 35-14. No. 11 Illinois minus 1 at Arizona Jeff George is gone but Illinois still has a dominant see College on Page 26